A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (TESOL Songsheet)

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A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (1964)

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I was born by the river in a little ________________
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever ________________
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to ________________
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the ________________
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go ________________

 somebody keep telling me don't hang ________________
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my ________________
And I say brother help me ________________
But he winds up knocking ________________
Back down on my ________________

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for ________________
But now I think I'm able to carry ________________
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Answers:

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie and I go downtown

 somebody keep telling me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knocking me
Back down on my knees

Ohhhhhhhhh.....

There've been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will